Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Apparently this year I was the only one with a RWD Carina at the Japanese Autosport Festival, so time to take a small break with a regular!
Derek from mz12gt.com sent me this Carina TA63 sedan that is for sale at Toymods:
The wheels fitted are Western Hurricane and a lot of modifications have been made to the chassis as well.
This is a picture shortly after it had been painted: Continue reading
RWD car? Check!
Brake pedal pressed? Check!
Revving to 5600 rpm? Check!
Release clutch in first gear? Check!
That’s about the checklist of these Norwegian guys with their Carina TA60. Continue reading
Roman’s coupe is seeing some action again! Last weekend he attended a trackday at the Taupo track in New Zealand:
He also shot a video while doing some laps on the track: Continue reading
It is a terrible shame to leave such a nice Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 rusting away after a fence:
You can already see its factory boot spoiler is loosening it grip on the bootlid, so it is only a matter of time before it stats to grow some brownish rust around that spot.
On this second photo is even a worse discovery: Continue reading
A dyno run is always fun, especially if the car in question is a Carina GT-R!
I have to add that this red AA63 actually is upgraded with a silvertop 20v 4AGE, so the result are not the same as when it left the factory around 1983. (video and results on the next page) Continue reading
Even though in most parts of Europe the winter comes to an end and spring is in the air the Finnish are still struggling with snow and frost.
While you can only enter this Carina CA60 from the rear entrance and it is completely snowed in it starts instantly. (video on the next page) Continue reading
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